Newbie here so be gentle. I have a 2011 iMac with the standard 1tb drive. If I was to purchase an apple ssd from say a current Macbook Pro, would I have fan issues? I don't necessarily want to add the ssd to it but rather replace the 1tb drive with the ssd. I know they are not the fastest drives around, but that really doesn't concern me. I want an ssd without having to run software to control the fans. Thanks everyone.
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That will depend on the firmware on the ssd, why not send an email to Apple support asking them? I don't think anyone can help you unless they done this already.
I replace the stock 1TB hard drive with a 3rd party ssd, I had to buy a software to manually control the hard drive fan speed.
I replace the stock 1TB hard drive with a 3rd party ssd, I had to buy a software to manually control the hard drive fan speed.
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Are you getting a really good price on the oem SSD? It almost seems worth it just to add the SSD to your machine and not worry about the fans....
Are you getting a really good price on the oem SSD? It almost seems worth it just to add the SSD to your machine and not worry about the fans....
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It was a brand new still sealed 256 Toshiba drive for $300 shipped. I thought it was a good deal. Right now I'm running an OWC 240 gig sata 2 ssd and some fan software but to me it is not ideal.
Unless the ssd came from a 2011 imac, there is no wat to know if it will work with the hard drive fan. Also there wouldn’t be much speed differences between the two drives.
I use imac HDD fan control to adjust hard drive fan after replacing the stock HD with ssd. The software cost me $35 inc 20% tax, not cheap imo but does the job perfectly.
If you already have a ssd maybe this software is the best solution?
I use imac HDD fan control to adjust hard drive fan after replacing the stock HD with ssd. The software cost me $35 inc 20% tax, not cheap imo but does the job perfectly.
If you already have a ssd maybe this software is the best solution?